I have to say this is one of the episodes that I have been really looking forward since I heard about it from Seamus Dever back in July. Tonight, Castle will deliver an emotional episode featuring Detective Ryan's worst nightmare when his old service piece is found to be the murder weapon that killed their latest victim. "Kick the Ballistics" will bring back the 3XK storyline and the consequences of the fact that Jerry Tyson (aka The Triple Killer) took Ryan's badge and gun when he escaped right through our favorite team of detectives' fingers in early season 3.
Castle's creator, Andrew W. Marlowe, told TVLine that it is going to be a deeply emotional episode for Ryan - and for the whole team, I imagine. The fact that he will see a cop's worst nightmare come to life will just make Ryan work harder to solve this case.
“We did an interesting thing,” Dever reflects. “[Director] Rob Bowman didn’t want Ryan sort of wallowing in the fact, ‘Oh, this happened to me. Poor me.’ Instead, he wanted to activate Ryan to be a better cop, to do his job but even better than he ever has before.” As such, Ryan and the team work hard and fast to track down his weapon before it can be used again.
I think it's safe to assume that we are in for quite a journey tonight, Castle fans. Don't forget to check out the sneak peeks and photos for this episode.
"Kick the Ballistics" is scheduled to air tonight, October 10th, at 10/9C on ABC.
What's wrong with the Castle promoters, the sneak peak gave away the villain! You have 42 minutes of episode, and you gotta show 30 seconds where it just sums it up, that just doesn't make any sense.